Laundry room - Plumbed in

We finally got the washer downstairs and hooked up. It was not as easy as previously planned. We decided to move the plumbing to the left of where we originally planned. This meant that we needed to finish the studs for the wall that it would be attached to. Before we we finished studding out the wall we needed to shear wall the wall behind. Before we put up the shear wall we needed to insulate. Before we insulated we needed to remove and fill in the window and add the door framing. Before we added the door we needed to remove some supporting posts. Before we removed the supporting posts we needed to shore up the house. What seemed like a simple action to move plumbing 3 feet to the left turned out to be an all weekend event.

Once the wall was in place and the connections in the location we wanted, Mary started plumbing in the sewer while I worked on the supply lines by running copper and tying in with the existing galvanized pipe. Once the rest of the basement is gutted and we know where the plumbing for the kitchen and bathroom remodel will be I will re-pipe the entire house with copper.

At the end of the day we were able to hook up the washer and run a load.

All the photos are here

Laundry room - Getting started

It is time to move the washing machine next to the dryer. Currently our washing machine is upstairs on the main floor in the kitchen and our dryer is in the basement. The previous owners had it this way and I have no idea why. There were only dryer hookups in the basement and only washer hookups in the kitchen. Just ridiculous. Before we can bring in the plumbing and electrical we started by creating some walls we can run everything in. The exterior walls I also plan on insulating and reinforcing for earthquake protection. We started just behind where the washer will go and will work our way from there. My goal in the next couple of weeks is to at least rough in the hookups for the washer so we can get it into the basement. You can see all the photos here.

Time for a new bathroom

This is what we currently have.



























Plan 1 - clawfoot tub, 1 sink, & standup shower
















Plan 2 - 1 clawfoot tub, 2 sinks, & standup shower

Plan 3 - 1 clawfoot tub, 2 sinks, & standup shower
















Plan 4 - 1 clawfoot tub, 2 sinks, & standup shower














Now comes the difficult task of figuring out which plan to go with, or maybe design a new one. hmmm... any suggestions?